Jahmar Hamilton

All-rounder Keemo Paul has replaced fast bowler Miguel Cummins in the West Indies' 13-member squad for the second Test against India, starting on Friday in Jamaica.

Young Prithvi Shaw's attacking style of batsmanship is allowing the senior Indian players to bat freely and without pressure, reckons West Indies all-rounder Roston Chase.

Fast bowler Chemar Holder has returned from injury to be included in a 17-man West Indies squad for their two-Test series against Pakistan that gets under way at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Thursday.

Mitchell Owen’s stunning 5 for 17 ended San Francisco Unicorns’ unbeaten MLC 2025 run as Washington Freedom secured a 12-run win. Matthew Short’s 67 wasn’t enough after a middle-order collapse. Earlier, Glenn Phillips’ 58 lifted Freedom from 13 for 3 to 170. Both teams now have six wins each.

Left-handed batsman Devon Smith did not find a place in the 15-member West Indies squad that will take on hosts India in the two-Test series starting October 4.

Though the current West Indies outfit is not the same formidable side as their world-beating predecessors, they can still be tough to beat at home.

India decided against enforcing the follow-on after bowling out West Indies for 117, despite gaining a massive 299-run lead on day three of the second and final Test on Sunday.

Fast bowler Chemar Holder and middle-order batsman Shamarh Brooks have both been recalled to the West Indies squad announced Monday to face Pakistan in a two-Test series.

Young Trinidad and Tobago pacer Jayden Seales has been named in the West Indies' 17-member provisional squad for the two-match Test series against South Africa, starting here on Thursday.

Skipper Jason Holder is one of 10 players who will miss his country's tour of Bangladesh because of "Covid-19 related concerns or personal fears", Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced on Tuesday.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) said Test captain Jason Holder and limited-overs skipper Kieron Pollard are among 10 players who have chosen not to travel to Bangladesh for their upcoming tour due to concerns about the novel coronavirus.

India 'A' pacers Abhishek Nayar (4-61) and Dhawal Kulkarni (3-60) called the shots as Windies 'A' were skittled for 268 in 77.4 overs on Day 1 of third 'Test'.

Batting overnight on 98, Roston Chase reached his ton with a single to mid-wicket off Kuldeep Yadav on the first day of the second Test. He motored along to 106 before India's most successful bowler, Umesh Yadav, ended his stint. Chase also said all the plans the Windies had for the 18-year-old Prithvi Shaw went awry.

Batsman Shimron Hetmyer and all-rounder Roston Chase will be available for the West Indies for the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka after the duo met the minimum fitness requirement standard of the Cricket West Indies (CWI).

Denied adequate preparation time in India, the West Indies would look to utilise all its resources when they take on Board President's XI in their only warm-up match, a two-day affair, starting here on Saturday, ahead of the two-Test series.

West Indies A top-order put up a gutsy show to force a draw despite another five-wicket haul by left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem as India A won the unofficial three-'Test' series 2-0. Chasing a stiff target of 373, West Indies A started the day at 37 for no loss needing another 336 runs on the fourth day but only reached as far as 314 for 6 in the end.

India struggled against top quality fast bowling from the West Indies after not enforcing the follow-on to labour to 73 for four in their second innings at tea on day three of the second Test on Sunday.

The impressive turnout at Hyderabad on Saturday was not disappointed as India raced to 308/4 with Prithvi Shaw scoring 70 (53). Ajinkya Rahane batting with 75 runs (174) and Rishabh Pant 85 runs (120) put India in an advantageous position with their unbroken fifth-wicket partnership on the second day of the second Test against West Indies.

Jason Mohammad last played for West Indies more than two years ago, but with coronavirus fears causing several players to stay at home, he will lead the Caribbean side again in a key series against Bangladesh starting Wednesday.

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